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Vitrines For Sale
Fine Gold Dore' Bronze Ormolu Mounted French Empire Style Vitrine Cabinet
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This is a fantastic, absolutely superbly made mahogany and gold Dore' finished bronze mounts and a soft green damask background on the back. The piece is in good condition and dates ...
Category
1950s French Empire Revival Vintage Vitrines
Materials
Bronze
Pair Antique French Satinwood Vitrines 'Glass Display Cabinets', Circa 1880
Located in New Orleans, LA
Pair antique French satinwood vitrines (glass display cabinets), Circa 1880.
Category
1880s French Antique Vitrines
Materials
Satinwood
Four Tier Glass Shelves Twisted Metal Rope Square Étagère Shelf Display Unit
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Midcentury Hollywood Regency "twisted rope" effect metal gold finish 4-tier étagère shelves display unit vitrine.
Category
20th Century Unknown Hollywood Regency Vitrines
Materials
Metal
English Display Cabinet, 1940s-50s
By Non-Standard Furniture and Lighting
Located in Milano, IT
Peculiar vintage display cabinet, with original inscription in English, and manufactory label on the back, consisting of storage compartments with vertically opening glass doors, mad...
Category
1940s English Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vitrines
Materials
Glass, Mahogany
Late 19th Century, Wood and Gilt Bronze French Showcase Vitrine
Located in IT
The splendid showcase vitrine, made of solid wood, dates back to the end of the 19th century. Made in France by a master cabinet maker of great ability, it’s in Louis XVI style.
The ...
Category
Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Vitrines
Materials
Bronze
19th Century French Verni Martin Vitrine
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A good quality late 19th century French Verni Martin two door bombe shaped vitrine, having gilded ormolu rococo influenced mounts, glazed shelves within,...
Category
Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Vitrines
Materials
Mahogany
Mid Century Modern to Modern Chrome & Mirrored Etagere Cabinet Style DIA or Ello
Located in Topeka, KS
Stunning vintage mid-century modern to modern chrome & mirrored one-piece etagere or room divider with lower enclosed cabinet portion in the style of DIA or Ello. Beautiful condition...
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vitrines
Materials
Chrome
21st Century White Finished Curved Bar Cabinet by Modenese Interiors
Located in PADOVA, Italy
Discover this wonderful bar cabinet with wooden top featuring a white antiqued finish and two golden metal bars. On the inside, the model comes with two wide closets and spacious emp...
Category
2010s Italian Victorian Vitrines
Materials
Gold Leaf
Fine French Belle Epoque 19th Century Vernis Martin Vitrine by Louis Majorelle
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine French Belle Époque 19th century tulipwood and gilt bronze-mounted Vernis Martin decorated Vitrine by Louis Majorelle (French, 1859-1926). The single door case with a hand-painted board depicting a garden courting scene surmounted with ormolu wreaths and a banded frame. The top with a pierced gilt bronze gallery above an ormolu royal tassel trim flanked by a pair of female masks above crossed torches and flames, cross flutes, a tambourine, a pan flute, ribbons and a tassel. Raised of four cabriolet legs with corner ormolu wreaths and leaves ending with hooves, Paris, circa 1990.
The back bears the original Majorelle label that reads: "Louis Majorelle, Fabrique a Nancy, 3 Rue Girardel. Depot. 56 Rue de Paradis, Paris."
Louis-Jean-Sylvestre Majorelle, usually known simply as Louis Majorelle, (26 September 1859 – 15 January 1926) was a French decorator and furniture designer who manufactured his own designs, in the French tradition of the ébéniste. He was one of the outstanding designers of furniture in the Art Nouveau style, and after 1901 formally served as one of the vice-presidents of the École de Nancy.
The Majorelle firm's factory was designed by famous École de Nancy architect Lucien Weissenburger (1860 – 1929) and located at 6, rue du Vieil-Aître in the western part of Nancy. In the 1880s Majorelle turned out pastiches of Louis XV furniture styles...
Category
Early 1900s French Louis XV Antique Vitrines
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Late 1970s Postmodern Etagere in the Manner of John Mascheroni
Located in Miami, FL
Vintage Post-modern Etagere / China Display Unit in the Style of the New York based designer John Mascheroni. Circa Late 1970s.
Features a minim...
Category
1970s Post-Modern Vintage Vitrines
Materials
Glass, Plastic, Lucite
Empire Style Maison Krieger Wood, Glass, Bronze And Marble Vitrine Cabinet
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is an Empire style gilt bronze mounted wood, glass and marble top heavy and large vitrine/curio cabinet. The wide tapered rectangular vitrine has four glass walls framed with wood. The front door is one of them and it is beveled. It is decorated with a gilt mounted bronze garland of roses, mixed of flowers and foliage at the top and bottom area. At the top center, there is a gilt bronze shell and at the bottom a Wedgwood light blue porcelain round plaque with a cherub that is carving a piece of stone. Above the plaque, a large gilt bronze bow is decorating the curio cabinet. There are scrolls of acanthus leaves adorning each side of the upper top corners of the door. A gilt bronze swag made of laurel leaves branches with a bow in the center embellish the frieze of each one of the sides, and its corners are also decorated with scrolls of acanthus leaves with a garland of buds hanging from them. There are also some gilt beads chain ornaments decorating the wood part of the sides. The cornice is adorned with a bronze border made of carved acanthus leaves. The upper part of the curio cabinet is covered by a heavy light pink with grey veins marble top. To support the vitrine there are four gilt heavy bronze lion paws decorated with large acanthus leaves and a pair of laurel branches at the upper part of them. These acanthus leaves are spreading toward the lower front border and forming an arc. There are four adjustable thick glass shelves inside the curio cabinet and a lower one made of wood that is covered with a light yellow color Damask fabric. A metal lockplate has inscribed Mon Krieger...
Category
Late 19th Century French Empire Antique Vitrines
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Vintage Modern Brass Plate & Glass Etagere Style DIA Design Institute of America
Located in Topeka, KS
Stunning vintage Modern brass plate & glass etagere in the style of Design Institute of America or DIA. Comprised of a brass plated aluminum frame and four brass plated plastic trimmed glass shelves. Beautiful condition, keeping in mind that this is vintage and not new so will have signs of use and wear. There are some minor nicks in the brass plate. Please see photos and zoom in for details. We attempt to portray any imperfections. Circa, 1960-1970’s.
Brass, Glass and full of Modern SASS!!! This fabulous etagere is comprised of a brass plated frame and four sections holding glass shelves which are gorgeously trimmed with brass plated plastic edges. It’s going to be the perfect touch mingled with your Hollywood Regency or Modern style furnishings adorned with foliage, artwork, and books or it could be equally as fabulous in an entry or hallway, dining room, or sitting room. It would also be wonderful inside or right outside your bathroom holding decorative towels...
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Vitrines
Materials
Aluminum, Brass
Chrome Vitrine in the Hollywood Regency Style
Located in New York, NY
Chrome and glass vitrine in the Hollywood Regency style. This interesting étagère has a wider lower section with two large glass shelves (17.5" Deep) and three more narrow shelves...
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vitrines
Materials
Chrome
Mastercraft Burled Wood, Brass and Glass Illuminated Vitrine Cabinet, 1970s
By Mastercraft
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This incredible burled wood display cabinet, produced by Mastercraft in the 1970s, features incredibly exotic grained burl with arched glass displa...
Category
1970s American Modern Vintage Vitrines
Materials
Brass
Flemish Buffet a Deux Corps in Carved Oak, circa 1850
Located in Miami, FL
Exceptionally well-carved Flemish buffet a deux corps in oak in the Renaissance Revival style of Henri II. This cupboard features very well-articulated ...
Category
1850s French Renaissance Revival Antique Vitrines
Materials
Walnut
Antique Display Cabinet, Gustavian Style, Sweden, C. 1840
Located in Kastrup, DK
Display cabinet in two parts.
Upper part with pair of slatted glass doors with inside Pompeii red color.
Below top list with tooth cut. Lower part drawer with diamond-shaped fillin...
Category
Mid-19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Vitrines
Materials
Glass, Pine
Antique RJ Horner Diminutive Oak Vitrine with Ribbon & Foliate Elements C1910
Located in Big Flats, NY
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Antique RJ Horner Diminutive Oak Vitrine or China Cabinet with Mirrored Back, Curved Glass, Rib...
Category
Early 20th Century Vitrines
Materials
Oak, Glass, Mirror
Belgian late Art Deco cabinet in solid oak
Located in Meulebeke, BE
Robust cabinet features two square door panels, above these doors there is a vitrine.
A beautiful detail that makes it such a well-designed piece, are the black round legs...
Category
1940s Belgian Art Deco Vintage Vitrines
Materials
Glass, Mirror, Oak
Biedermeier Vitrine Cabinet in Fruitwood & Ebonized Detail, Germany, circa 1825
Located in Atlanta, GA
19th century German Biedermeier vitrine on cabinet base in fruitwood with ebonized and gilt accents. The display case with architectural pediment, fronted by glass panels with flanki...
Category
19th Century German Biedermeier Antique Vitrines
Materials
Fruitwood
French Art Nouveau Fruitwood Wooden Showcase Vitrine with Four Drawers
Located in Miami, FL
French fruitwood wooden showcase vitrine with four-drawer
Measures: Height to the drawers 33.46in.
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Vitrines
Materials
Glass, Fruitwood
Display cabinet, France, circa 1870.
Located in Chorzów, PL
Display cabinet, France, circa 1870.
Very good condition, after professional renovation.
Wood: walnut
dimensions: height 175 cm width 125 cm depth 48 cm
Category
1870s French Renaissance Antique Vitrines
Materials
Walnut
Antique French Display Cabinet
Located in Whaley Bridge, GB
Sn4193 A XIXth century tulipwood and rosewood vitrine, having glazed door with parquetry inlaid panel enclosing 3 shelves and flanked by concave glass sides, all with fine quality or...
Category
1880s French Antique Vitrines
Materials
Kingwood
19th Century Biedermeier Vitrine, Three Sides Glass
Located in Darmstadt, DE
Very nice showcase with 3 sides glass. The showcase is from the time of the Biedermeier from Germany, Berlin. The showcase is made of pine wood covered with nutwood veneer. The shelv...
Category
Early 19th Century German Biedermeier Antique Vitrines
Materials
Birch, Pine, Nutwood
Rosewood and Satinwood Silver Plated Bronze Mounted Louis XVI French Vitrine
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This is a stunning vitrine or china cabinet with fantastic satinwood and rosewood inlay and silver-plated bronze that was done to add a special and very unique look to this vitrine. ...
Category
1930s French Louis XVI Vintage Vitrines
Materials
Bronze
Large showcase by Lingel
Located in Banská Štiavnica, SK
Large showcase by Lingel in excellent original condition. One door lock is missing.
The first Hungarian wooden furniture factory was founded in 1864 by Karóly Lingel under the name ...
Category
1930s Hungarian Art Deco Vintage Vitrines
Materials
Glass, Wood
Dutch 1793s Carved Oak Buffet À Deux-Corps with Glass Doors and Pewter Clock
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Dutch oak buffet à deux-corps from the late 18th century, with glass doors, canted sides, carved panels and central clock. Born in the Netherlands d...
Category
Late 18th Century Dutch Antique Vitrines
Materials
Glass, Oak
Library display case, France, circa 1880.
Located in Chorzów, PL
Library display case, France, circa 1880.
Very good condition.
Wood: oak
dimensions: height 230 cm x width 120 cm x depth 50 cm
Category
Late 19th Century French Renaissance Revival Antique Vitrines
Materials
Oak
Fine Gilt Bronze and Mahogany Vitrine Table Att. François Linke
By Henry Dasson
Located in New York, NY
Fine Gilt bronze and Mahogany Vitrine Louis XVI style table attributed to François Linke. Lined in antique red velvet, the table sits on tapered legs, surmounting and joined by a lower display shelf. Intricately cast ormolu garlands of floral and foliate adornments form a frieze encircling the sable sides and and each leg. The Vitrine locks and is in full working order, with an exquisitely casted ornate key...
Category
19th Century French Antique Vitrines
Materials
Bronze
Secession Bookcase
Located in Banská Štiavnica, SK
Secession bookcase with fassetted glass, brass fittings. Professionally stained and repolished.
Category
1910s Slovak Vienna Secession Vintage Vitrines
Materials
Beech
20th Century Magnificent French Louis XVI Style Display Cabinet
Located in Berlin, DE
20th century magnificent French Louis XVI style display cabinet
Bois-Satiné veneer, all-round surface-covering mirror veneer on wood. Upright rectangular and rounded, glazed on thre...
Category
20th Century Italian Louis XVI Vitrines
Materials
Glass, Mirror, Wood, Tulipwood
Pair of Antique Ormolu Mounted Vitrine Cabinets by L'Escalier de Cristal
Located in London, GB
Pair of antique ormolu mounted vitrine cabinets by L'Escalier de Cristal
French, Late 19th Century
Height 178cm, width 105cm, depth 55cm
Crafted in the late 19th century, this exqu...
Category
Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Vitrines
Materials
Ormolu
Achille Castiglioni and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni 'Rampa' Multifunctional Station
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Multifunctional station on wheels designed by Achille Castiglioni and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni in 1965.
Rampa, a multifunctional station on wheels from 1965, was inspired by the tr...
Category
2010s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vitrines
Materials
Wood
Gothic Revival oak display cabinet with arch & quatrefoil decoration on a stand.
Located in London, GB
A Gothic Revival oak display cabinet with an open display area to the top and little ear shaped details to each side and a castellated decoration below the glazed door, with five arc...
Category
1870s English Gothic Revival Antique Vitrines
Materials
Oak
19thC French Ebonised Glazed Cabinet
Located in Staffordshire, GB
circa 1890
19thC French Ebonised Glazed Cabinet
sku 340
W121 x D42 x H198 cm
Internal shelf depth 28.5 cm
Weight 76 kg
Category
19th Century Antique Vitrines
Materials
Pine
French Art Deco Vitrine, Display Cabinet / Dry Bar
Located in North Bergen, NJ
This French Art Deco vitrine with faux ivory trim has been professionally refinished by a third generation restorer. Having glass sliding doors with glass shelves. Cabinet doors open...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Vitrines
Materials
Wood
Pair Solid Brass Faux Bamboo Arch Shape Top Goat Skin Parchment Shelves Etageres
By Walter Lamb, Aldo Tura
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Pair of machined solid brass heavy tube faux bamboo 4 tier Italian Mid-Century Modern étagères shelves.
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vitrines
Materials
Brass
20th Century Spanish Country Corner Pine Vitrine with Glass Paneled Door
Located in Miami, FL
A Spanish Colonial vitrine cabinet from the 20th century in pine with scalloped base and reeded sides and door. Original lock with key. Original paneled glass. The upper section cont...
Category
Early 20th Century Spanish Spanish Colonial Vitrines
Materials
Lead
Carved Oak Mirrored Gallery Top Curved Glass Display Curio Showcase Cabinet
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Carved Oak Mirrored Gallery Top Curved Glass Display Curio Showcase Cabinet.
Category
20th Century American American Empire Vitrines
Materials
Mirror, Oak
Carved Giltwood Display Cabinet
Located in London, GB
A late 19th century carved giltwood display cabinet in the French taste, with three glass shelves, and mirrored interior back, circa 1880.
...
Category
Late 19th Century European Antique Vitrines
Materials
Giltwood
Large German Mid-Century Wall Unit in Teak by Walter Wirz for Wilhelm Renz, 1960
Located in München, Bavaria
Dimensions 240x19x26cm (LxDxH)
Dimensions: approx. 94.5 x 7.5 x 10.2 in
Minimalist and very elegant shelf made of a veneered U-profile by Wilhelm Renz for Walter Wirz - here in a ...
Category
1960s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vitrines
Materials
Teak
Dr C Dresser Attr. Aesthetic Movement Incised, Gilded & Ebonized Display Cabinet
Located in London, GB
Dr C Dresser attributed an Aesthetic Movement ebonized display cabinet with incised and gilded zig-zag decoration.
Probably made for Bushloe House.
I wa...
Category
1870s English Aesthetic Movement Antique Vitrines
Materials
Walnut
Art deco vitrines
Located in Banská Štiavnica, SK
Art deco vitrines from preriod of around 1930s in very nice original condition, repolished with french polish, slight signs of use.
Category
1930s Slovak Art Deco Vintage Vitrines
Materials
Beech
French 19th Century Louis XIV Style Baroque Figural Carved Walnut Two-Door Vitri
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Fine French 19th Century Louis XIV Style Baroque Revival Figural Carved Walnut Two-Door Vitrine. The finely carved body, crowned with a pair of male busts, the doors with symmetric...
Category
Late 19th Century French Baroque Revival Antique Vitrines
Materials
Glass, Walnut
Edwardian Mahogany Hand Painted China Cabinet
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
For sale is an Edwardian mahogany hand painted china cabinet, having painted decoration to the shop top, above two astregal glazed doors openi...
Category
Early 20th Century English Vitrines
Materials
Mahogany
Achille Castiglioni and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni 'Rampa' Multifunctional Station
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Multifunctional station on wheels designed by Achille Castiglioni and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni in 1965.
Rampa, a multifunctional station on wheels from 1965, was inspired by the traditional florist’s display stands...
Category
2010s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vitrines
Materials
Wood
20th Century Regency Rosewood Vitrine
Located in Cantù, IT
Vitrine made of 24kt gold cast brass. In the lower part there is a small, well-capacious drawer.
Designed and produced by Mice Versailles.
Category
20th Century Italian Vitrines
Materials
Glass, Rosewood
Last 19th Century French Provencal Vetrine Cupboard in Walnut and Pine, Restored
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Last 19th century French Provençal vetrine cupboard all solid walnut and pine, restored and finished to shellac and wax
Measures cm: H 100 + 115 W 110 D 43.
Category
Late 19th Century French Country Antique Vitrines
Materials
Walnut, Pine
Showcase Rosewood Design, 1950, Italian
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Showcase rosewood design 1950, Italian, very special cross-legged, brass parts.
Category
1950s Italian Neoclassical Vintage Vitrines
Materials
Brass
Tommi Parzinger for Charak Modern China Breakfront
Located in Hanover, MA
Two piece mahogany breakfront and buffet designed by Tommi Parzinger for Charak Modern circa 1952. Signed Charak Modern.
Retains three original solid brass sculptural keys and all working locks.
The base cabinet has three doors with distinctive diamond pattern inlay in satinwood.
Each door has a custom Parzinger solid brass pull.
Behind the bottom left and right doors is an open white cabinet with three original number-stamped shelves which are adjustable and removable.
Behind the center door are five pull-out drawers.
The upper cabinet has three doors with astonishingly beautiful glass panels which have been deeply wheel cut repeating the diamond pattern as below.
The interior of the upper cabinet is painted white, backed by mirror and holds nine adjustable thick glass shelves each with plate grooves.
Top left and right have signature Parzinger 'wings' a design element frequently repeated in his career.
Beautifully restored by our expert refinisher.
See our separate listings for the companion Parzinger dining table, dining chairs and leather front cabinet...
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vitrines
Materials
Brass
Showcase in Brass and Glass with LED
Located in Roeselare, BE
Showcase made of chemical colored brass with glass and tip-on drawer.
For Jewelry, silver, bags or wallets, Etc.
3 Dimensions possible : 53 cm, 72 cm, 88 cm. luminated with leds.
Category
2010s Belgian Modern Vitrines
Materials
Brass
Early 20th Century Italian Louis XVI Style Mahogany Vitrine
Located in Casale Monferrato, IT
Elegant Louis XVI style vitrine characterized by finely mahogany wood. Enriched with precious frames in golden brass.Internally three shelves that can be moved to the desired height....
Category
1920s French Louis XVI Vintage Vitrines
Materials
Bronze
19thC English Painted Astragal Glazed Bookcase Cabinet
Located in Staffordshire, GB
circa 1880
19thC English Painted Astragal Glazed Bookcase Cabinet
With keys and working locks
(2 parts)
W126 x D42 x H215
Base: W120 x D42 x H...
Category
1870s English Antique Vitrines
Materials
Pine
Exceptional Edwardian Display Case Attributed to Edward and Roberts
Located in Dublin, IE
An exceptional Edwardian mahogany display case attributed to Edward and Roberts, London, with gorgeous patination, line inlaid and with exquisite marquetry detail depicting Neoclassical motifs of urns, ribboned swags of foliate, scrolls and anthemions throughout. The broken swan neck pediment raised over moulded stepped cornice above twin glass glazed panel doors with decorative brass escutcheon and key, opening to lined, shelved interior. The serpentine base with four centred drawers flanked with two cupboard doors, all cross...
Category
Early 20th Century European Vitrines
Materials
Brass
2-Door Vitrine, Display Cabinet in Natural Cherry, 100% Made in France
Located in Landivy, FR
This display cabinet belongs to the STELLA collection designed by Christophe Lecomte in Vendée, France. Graduated from the famous BOULLE design school in Paris, Christophe navigates ...
Category
2010s French Modern Vitrines
Materials
Cherry
Vintage Italian Industrial Cabinet / drawers for storage drawings and posters
Located in Milano, IT
Industrial furniture from the fifties and the sixties is making a strong comeback, because finally its high design qualities are being recognised and awarder even if most of the time...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vitrines
Materials
Iron
Antique Primitive Blue Distress Painted Cupboard Cabinet Vanity Cast Iron Sink
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique Primitive Blue Distress Painted Wooden Cupboard Cabinet Vanity with Cast Iron Sink. Item features a blue distress painted finish, green distress painted interior, cast iron b...
Category
Late 19th Century Unknown Primitive Antique Vitrines
Materials
Iron
Monumental French Inlaid Rosewood Bronze Figured Vitrine China Cabinet
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
LINGEL KAROLY ES FIAI BUTORGYAR rosewood. Budapest. Inlaid accents. Metal. Figural. 2 beveled glass doors containing 2 glass shelves. 1 wood door containing 1 shelf. Beveled glass mi...
Category
1890s Romanian Empire Revival Antique Vitrines
Materials
Bronze
Empire style display case, late 19th century, Southern Europe.
Located in Chorzów, PL
Empire style display cabinet from the late-19th century, from Southern Europe. Richly decorated with decorative elements made of brass, equipped with two practical glass shelves.
Wo...
Category
Late 19th Century French Empire Antique Vitrines
Materials
Glass, Walnut
Antique and Vintage Vitrines
Why not give your precious collectibles the case pieces they deserve? Antique and vintage vitrines can be used to safely store and display your most treasured objects.
While they were initially used to display relics in churches or to preserve specimens for scientific observation, vitrines are best known for their place in retail spaces and museums. The name for these glass display cases comes from the Latin word “vitrum,” meaning glass, as well as the Old French word “vitre,” which also refers to glass. Instead of simply showcasing collector’s items on shelves, you can bestow extra importance on them by displaying them in a vitrine for passers-by to observe and admire.
Not all vitrines are created equal. Over time, furniture makers have explored different shapes and sizes for vitrines. A display case you’ll find in a retail store will likely look drastically different from what you’ll see in a museum or art gallery. A vitrine in a shop is likely there to best market specific wares to the general public, while in museums there is usually a range of different vitrines intended to house and protect single objects or to display a grouping of artifacts.
Most of us have an antique, new or vintage case piece in our home. Though the terms “case pieces” and “case goods” may cause even the most decor-obsessed to stumble, these furnishings have been a vital part of the home for centuries. Any furnishing that is unupholstered and has some semblance of a storage component — cabinets, dressers, buffets — may be properly termed a case piece.
Mirror-backed vitrines, which refer to cases that usually feature shelved and mirrored interiors, are a most appropriate home for your jewelry or decorative objects. Adding such items to a vitrine already suggests that there is an irreplaceable preciousness to the case’s contents, and the mirrors will emphasize as much as well as refract more light to render the display eye-catching.
On 1stDibs, find a wide variety of antique and vintage vitrines to protect and preserve your most prized items. The collection of mid-century modern vitrines and Art Deco vitrines is mostly inclusive of those built with a wooden frame, but there are many other types to choose from as well. It’s time to give your collectibles a good home!